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Cape Town – Economic Freedom Fighters chief whip Floyd Shivambu has told African National Congress MPs that President Jacob Zuma is a "post-colonial" African disaster and will kill them if they stand as political opponents.

Shivambu was addressing the National Assembly on Thursday during a debate on a motion of no confidence in Zuma.

He warned ANC members that Zuma was following in the footsteps of other African post-colonial presidents in terms of his behaviour, comparing him to Idi Amin of Uganda, Paul Biya of Cameroon and Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola.

"Unfortunately, Jacob Zuma will soon follow as leader of a country he will name Zuptaland.

"One of the common traits of these people, they seek to enrich their families. They seek to undermine the rule of law. They prosecute and persecute their political opponents, including members of their own party.

"And when everything else has failed, they kill. They assassinate their opponents."

He said the EFF was standing against Zuma, but said the motion brought by Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane contained a "technical blunder".

"We believe that the liberation movement itself [the ANC] should have found it in its own conscience to act against Jacob Zuma."

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